From enhanceropathies to the epigenetic manifold underlying human cognition.

abstract：:Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 2 (BSCL2) is the most severe form of human lipodystrophy and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the BSCL2/seipin gene. Exactly how seipin may regulate adipogenesis remains unclear. A recent study in vitro suggested that seipin may function to inhibit the activity...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gao M,Liu L,Wang X,Mak HY,Liu G,Yang H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma glutamyl cysteine ligase (GCL) is the rate-limiting enzyme for intracellular glutathione (GSH) synthesis. The GSH concentration and GCL activity are declining with age in the central nervous system (CNS), and is accompanied by elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS). To study the biological effects of low GSH lev...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Feng W,Rosca M,Fan Y,Hu Y,Feng P,Lee HG,Monnier VM,Fan X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic disorder affecting 1 in 3500 individuals. Patients with NF1 are predisposed to debilitating skeletal manifestations, including osteopenia/osteoporosis and long bone pseudarthrosis (nonunion fracture). Hyperactivation of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sharma R,Wu X,Rhodes SD,Chen S,He Y,Yuan J,Li J,Yang X,Li X,Jiang L,Kim ET,Stevenson DA,Viskochil D,Xu M,Yang FC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy, caused by defective laforin or malin, insidiously present in normal teenagers with cognitive decline, followed by rapidly intractable epilepsy, dementia and death. Pathology reveals neurodegeneration with neurofibrillary tangle formation and Lafora bodies (LBs). LBs are deposits ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lohi H,Ianzano L,Zhao XC,Chan EM,Turnbull J,Scherer SW,Ackerley CA,Minassian BA

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in gene expression resulting from epigenetic and/or genetic changes play an important role in the evolutionary divergence of phenotypes. To explore how epigenetic and genetic changes are linked during primate evolution, we have compared the genome-wide DNA methylation profiles (methylomes) of humans and chimpa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fukuda K,Inoguchi Y,Ichiyanagi K,Ichiyanagi T,Go Y,Nagano M,Yanagawa Y,Takaesu N,Ohkawa Y,Imai H,Sasaki H

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of fibrillar collagens is believed to be involved in the rupture of the fetal membranes during normal parturition and when the membranes rupture prematurely. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) is a key enzyme involved in extracellular matrix turnover, and genetic variation in the MMP1 promoter is associated...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang H,Ogawa M,Wood JR,Bartolomei MS,Sammel MD,Kusanovic JP,Walsh SW,Romero R,Strauss JF 3rd

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) disease is a rare, neurodegenerative lysosomal cholesterol storage disorder, typified by progressive cognitive and motor function impairment. Affected individuals usually succumb to the disease in adolescence. 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) has emerged as a promising intervention that ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tortelli B,Fujiwara H,Bagel JH,Zhang J,Sidhu R,Jiang X,Yanjanin NM,Shankar RK,Carillo-Carasco N,Heiss J,Ottinger E,Porter FD,Schaffer JE,Vite CH,Ory DS

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:By GenBank database searches and PCR, we have identified a novel human Bcl2-like gene, Bcl2-L-10, which contains conserved BH4, BH1 and BH2 domains but lacks BH3 domain. The Bcl2-L-10 gene has been assigned to chromosome 15q21.2. Transfection experiments demonstrated that Bcl2-L-10 can block apoptosis induced by inter...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang H,Holzgreve W,De Geyter C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beside the well-known polyglutamine expansions involved in several neurodegenerative disorders, convergent recent findings pointed to the expansion of polyalanine stretches as a disease mechanism in congenital malformations, skeletal dysplasia and nervous system anomalies. Polyalanine stretches have been predicted in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Amiel J,Trochet D,Clément-Ziza M,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the association between common haplotypes in six relevant lipid metabolism genes with plasma lipid levels. We selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), hepatic triglyceride lipase (HL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol rece...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Knoblauch H,Bauerfeind A,Krähenbühl C,Daury A,Rohde K,Bejanin S,Essioux L,Schuster H,Luft FC,Reich JG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usher syndrome (USH) refers to genetically and clinically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorders with combined visual and hearing loss. Type I (USH1) is characterized by a congenital, severe to profound hearing loss and absent vestibular function; in type II (USH2) the hearing loss is congenital and moderate to s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sankila EM,Pakarinen L,Kääriäinen H,Aittomäki K,Karjalainen S,Sistonen P,de la Chapelle A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal muscle wasting disorder caused by mutations in the DMD gene that leads to the absence or severe reduction of dystrophin protein in muscle. The mdx mouse, also dystrophin deficient, is the model most widely used to study the pathology and test potential therapies, but the p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Coles CA,Gordon L,Hunt LC,Webster T,Piers AT,Kintakas C,Woodman K,Touslon SL,Smythe GM,White JD,Lamandé SR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary atresia (BA) is characterized by the progressive fibrosclerosing obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary system during the first few weeks of life. Despite early diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention, the disease progresses to cirrhosis in many patients. The current theory for the pathogenesis of BA prop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Garcia-Barceló MM,Yeung MY,Miao XP,Tang CS,Cheng G,So MT,Ngan ES,Lui VC,Chen Y,Liu XL,Hui KJ,Li L,Guo WH,Sun XB,Tou JF,Chan KW,Wu XZ,Song YQ,Chan D,Cheung K,Chung PH,Wong KK,Sham PC,Cherny SS,Tam PK

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1). SMN-restoring therapies have recently emerged; however, preclinical and clinical studies revealed a limited therapeutic time window and systemic aspects of the disease. This raises a fundamental question of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Motyl AAL,Faller KME,Groen EJN,Kline RA,Eaton SL,Ledahawsky LM,Chaytow H,Lamont DJ,Wishart TM,Huang YT,Gillingwater TH

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The autosomal recessive mouse mutation retinal degeneration 6 (rd6) causes small, white retinal spots and progressive photoreceptor degeneration similar to that observed in human flecked retinal diseases. Using a positional cloning approach, we determined that rd6 mice carry a splice donor mutation in the mouse homolo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kameya S,Hawes NL,Chang B,Heckenlively JR,Naggert JK,Nishina PM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human PAX6 gene produce various phenotypes, including aniridia, Peters' anomaly, autosomal dominant keratitis and familial foveal dysplasia. The various phenotypes may arise from different mutations in the same gene. To test this theory, we performed a functional analysis of two missense mutations in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tang HK,Chao LY,Saunders GF

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The APOE epsilon4 allele is a strong genetic susceptibility factor for Alzheimer's disease. Interaction with other biological factors may modulate the effect of the apoE isoforms. However, previous work suggested that other genetic variability within the APOE locus, influencing the effect of the epsilon4 allele, may e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lambert JC,Pérez-Tur J,Dupire MJ,Galasko D,Mann D,Amouyel P,Hardy J,Delacourte A,Chartier-Harlin MC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recurrent t(9;22) (q22;q12) chromosome translocation has been described in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC). Fluorescent in situ hybridization experiments performed on one EMC tumour indicated that the chromosome 22 breakpoint occurred in the EWS gene. Northern blot analysis revealed an aberrant EWS transcr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Labelle Y,Zucman J,Stenman G,Kindblom LG,Knight J,Turc-Carel C,Dockhorn-Dworniczak B,Mandahl N,Desmaze C,Peter M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement receptor 1 (CR1) is an Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility locus that also influences AD-related traits such as episodic memory decline and neuritic amyloid plaque deposition. We implemented a functional fine-mapping approach, leveraging intermediate phenotypes to identify functional variant(s) within t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Keenan BT,Shulman JM,Chibnik LB,Raj T,Tran D,Sabuncu MR,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.,Allen AN,Corneveaux JJ,Hardy JA,Huentelman MJ,Lemere CA,Myers AJ,Nicholson-Weller A,Reiman EM,Evans DA,Bennett DA,De J

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent cause of heritable mental retardation. Most patients have a mutation in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene, consisting of the amplification of a polymorphic (CGG)nrepeat sequence, and cytogenetically express the folate-sensitive fragile site FRAXA in Xq27.3. Fragile X p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chiurazzi P,Pomponi MG,Willemsen R,Oostra BA,Neri G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive mutations in myosin 15, a class XV unconventional myosin, cause profound congenital deafness in humans and both deafness and vestibular dysfunction in mice homozygous for the shaker 2 and shaker 2(J) alleles. The shaker 2 allele is a previously described missense mutation of a highly conserved residue in the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Anderson DW,Probst FJ,Belyantseva IA,Fridell RA,Beyer L,Martin DM,Wu D,Kachar B,Friedman TB,Raphael Y,Camper SA

更新日期：2000-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the paired-domain transcription factor PAX9 are associated with non-syndromic tooth agenesis that preferentially affects posterior dentition. Of the 18 mutations identified to date, eight are phenotypically well-characterized missense mutations within the DNA-binding paired domain. We determined the struc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang Y,Groppe JC,Wu J,Ogawa T,Mues G,D'Souza RN,Kapadia H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant mutations in the mitochondrial paralogs coiled-helix-coiled-helix (CHCHD) domain 2 (C2) and CHCHD10 (C10) were recently identified as causing Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia/myopathy, respectively. The mechanism by which they disrupt mitochondrial cristae, however...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu YT,Huang X,Nguyen D,Shammas MK,Wu BP,Dombi E,Springer DA,Poulton J,Sekine S,Narendra DP

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation in a growing spectrum of genes is known to either cause or contribute to primary or secondary microcephaly. In primary microcephaly the genetic determinants frequently involve mutations that contribute to or modulate the microtubule cytoskeleton by causing perturbations of neuronal proliferation and migration...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Edvardson S,Tian G,Cullen H,Vanyai H,Ngo L,Bhat S,Aran A,Daana M,Da'amseh N,Abu-Libdeh B,Cowan NJ,Heng JI,Elpeleg O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF2 loss of imprinting (LOI) is fairly prevalent and implicated in the pathogenesis of human cancer and developmental disease; however, the causes of this phenomenon are largely unknown. We determined whether the post-weaning diet of mice affects allelic expression and CpG methylation of Igf2. C57BL/6JxCast/EiJ F1 hy...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Waterland RA,Lin JR,Smith CA,Jirtle RL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, which affects quality of life for millions of elderly individuals worldwide. AMD is associated with a diverse spectrum of clinical phenotypes, all of which include the death of photoreceptors in the central part of the human retina (cal...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Swaroop A,Branham KE,Chen W,Abecasis G

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) G recently has been mapped to the X chromosome. All mammals have a Y chromosome-encoded homologue of HNRNP G called RBMY, which is implicated with a role in male fertility and is a candidate for the azoospermia factor gene. We have identified a new member of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elliott DJ,Venables JP,Newton CS,Lawson D,Boyle S,Eperon IC,Cooke HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood levels of adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted protein correlated with metabolic and cardiovascular risks, are highly heritable. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies for adiponectin levels have identified 14 loci harboring variants associated with blood levels of adiponectin. To identify novel adiponectin-associa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu Y,Gao H,Li H,Tabara Y,Nakatochi M,Chiu YF,Park EJ,Wen W,Adair LS,Borja JB,Cai Q,Chang YC,Chen P,Croteau-Chonka DC,Fogarty MP,Gan W,He CT,Hsiung CA,Hwu CM,Ichihara S,Igase M,Jo J,Kato N,Kawamoto R,Kuzawa

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer demonstrates the highest mortality in the UK. Previous studies have implicated allelic loss at chromosome 17q in the development of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), and a number of known and putative tumour-suppressor genes reside within this region. One candidate tumour-suppressor gene is cytoglobin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xinarianos G,McRonald FE,Risk JM,Bowers NL,Nikolaidis G,Field JK,Liloglou T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the telomere hypothesis of senescence, the progressive shortening of telomeres that occurs upon division of normal somatic cells eventually leads to cellular senescence. The immortalisation of human cells is associated with the acquisition of a telomere maintenance mechanism which is usually dependent upo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bryan TM,Marusic L,Bacchetti S,Namba M,Reddel RR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00